You know, maybe I was just born in the wrong time, but I love all things romantic. Puffy understands that. For my last birthday, he covered my hotel room floor with rose petals and had flowers and candles all over the room.

In this remark, Lopez frames herself as temperamentally “romantic,” suggesting her tastes and emotional ideals feel out of step with a more modern, fast-paced culture. By invoking “the wrong time,” she casts romance as something associated with an earlier era—ritualized, theatrical, and attentive. The details about rose petals, candles, and flowers emphasize romance as deliberate staging and sensory atmosphere, not merely private feeling. Mentioning “Puffy” (a nickname for Sean Combs) positions the relationship as one in which her partner recognizes and performs that ideal, implying that being understood romantically is a form of intimacy and validation.